Chapter 774

Chapter 774

Matan’s Shooter 774

“Damn it!”

*Kwang-!*

Leeha kicked the door of the reception room and stepped outside. Already, at both ends of the corridor, nPC presidential guards were aiming their arrows towards him.

“There he is!”

“Target spotted! Protect the President!”

“Fire!”

“Damn it, do you think I’m an assassin! 『Force Barrier』!”

*Whoosh-boom!*

As soon as the giants released their bows, Leeha activated a skill attached to his ring. However, he wouldn’t be able to withstand their powerful arrows for long.

“Remember this well! You guys started this first!”

*Kaka-ka-ka-ka-ka!*

Seeing the force barrier weakening, Leeha adopted a defensive stance and raised his voice.

“『Multi-Warhead Shot』!”

“Block, b-block-”

Not even a thousand meters away, it was impossible to react after the multi-warhead shot was activated.

*Ka-clang!*

The 80 guards of the Remlin Palace, who were in the midst of aiming their bows or charging with swords, turned into a battlefield.

“What in the world—”

“Q-quick, all the guards on the opposite side...”

After surrounding Leeha from both sides and attempting to arrest him, the giants stood there with bewildered expressions. They couldn’t fathom what had just happened.

“Freeze, freeze his mana! Prevent him from casting spells—”

*Taaaaang!*

Leeha immediately turned around and pulled the trigger.

“Captain!”

Hearing the cry of one of the giants, Leeha ran towards the corpses swept away by the Multi-Warhead Shot. Despite using 『Partner: Attendance』, it didn’t work in the reinforced spatial barrier.

“Blaugrunn, do you copy?”

-Ca-can’t hear properly, what’s—

“Prepare for battle! Secure the area! Respond if you hear me, prepare for battle! Secure the area!”

-U-understood-......-preparing-

‘Damn it, even the communication interference is enhanced. But if he understood...’ L

Leeha and Blaugrunn communicated with minimal keywords, yet Leeha didn’t doubt that his ‘Partner’ understood. Blaugrunn would immediately prepare to open a space through mana synchronization.

“There he is!”

“Go up!”

“Damn it.”–!

At the end of the hallway, the plan to go down the stairs had to be abandoned. The giants rushing towards him made it difficult to confront them immediately, so he swiftly pulled out a flamethrower and aimed it downwards, unleashing flames in that direction.

“Kka-a-a-ah!”

“Fire, it’s fire!”

However, the flamethrower’s effectiveness was short-lived.

“『Arctic Shield』!”

“『Snowstorm Energy』!”

Zzt zzt zzt zzt -!

By the time the giants in the front were engulfed in flames and turned into light, the ones in the rear were already ascending the stairs with frost attribute shields.

Continuing the futile attacks was pointless. He retracted the flamethrower into his bag and ran towards the stairs.

“Karelin! What do you think you’re doing! As a member of Fibiel, can we interpret this as a declaration of war against my country?!”

Ascending the massive spiral staircase, he exchanged words with Karelin. Amidst this, he didn’t forget to hang his rifle over the railing and fire downwards.

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Leeha: Use summoning immediately as soon as ready! As soon as ready, use summoning!

Blaugrunn: Don’t worry too much~~.

Leeha: Don’t worry? Blaugrunn should be the one worrying about me! Ugh! I can’t back down. Countless giants are surrounding me up above.

And on the rooftop over there?

Step by step, Karelin was approaching from the other side. Leeha scanned the surroundings.

‘The spatial barrier covers the entire Remlin Palace. You can move within the Remlin Palace.’ What would be the quickest way? If only there were items created for moments like this. Leeha thought of a few types of grenades to use in this situation.

‘I need smoke or flash grenades. I should ask for those to be made once I go back.’ Amidst this, thoughts and actions were separate. Leeha, now wearing Black Vest, aimed at Karelin.

Leeha: If you come any closer, I won’t show mercy, Karelin.

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Karelin: ... What? Show mercy?

Leeha: Yes, things got messed up with Phietari, well, who knows what will happen later, but I didn’t want to stain my face with this kind of trouble by killing you. But if you take another step...

Karelin: I can’t bear it either.

Leeha shrugged. Karelin’s innocent expression began to distort gradually. Around that time, Karelin couldn’t be unaware of the meaning implied in ‘show mercy.’ Leeha considered himself ‘superior’ to Karelin, and the change that could be anticipated in how Karelin interpreted those words had begun.

‘Is his body getting bigger?’

Since all the giants surrounding the Remlin Palace were shining light on Leeha, Karelin only appeared as a backlight silhouette to Leeha. Therefore, it was difficult to tell for sure. However, even just from that silhouette, Leeha felt his muscles growing and strengthening simultaneously.

Click! Leeha adjusted his posture, pulling back on the bowstring.

“I told you to stop.”

“And if I don’t? What are you going to do?”

Only the silhouette of his tense head muscles remaining caught Leeha’s eye. Was it an angry expression? Nevertheless, Leeha relaxed amidst it all.

“The reverse light is such a relief. Facing a furious gorilla expression, oh, it would be terrifying. The term ‘King Kong’ will definitely come up.

Is it because Karelin took the lead in bringing the situation to this point?

It’s not just that simple reason. In fact, giants from other nearby professions were also stealthily making their way to the rooftop of the castle. So, there is only one reason why Karelin took the lead.

‘At least among these, I am the strongest, that’s it.’

Thus, Karelin poured out his power. If he can bring down that guy, the atmosphere will change momentarily. In the meantime, he can summon the terror spirit to freeze everyone, blow them all up with explosives and flamethrowers.

“Whew~.”

It took less than a second to finalize all these plans in his mind. And then? Execution.

Without a word or movement, he pulled the trigger. The gunshot startled everyone around. Only one person wasn’t surprised.

Huh...What’s this?

That one person wasn’t Leeha.

“Dodged it?”

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The one person who wasn’t surprised was Karelin. The wrestler, crouching as if glued to the floor, laughed. His teeth reflected the light, making it visible to Leeha too.

“I see.”

“Are you insane, this is unbelievable-”

No target that he had aimed properly at had ever avoided being shot. Some bullets were blocked by Bluebeard, some were dodged at a considerable distance with confusing movements. But this, this was extremely... in the midst of confusion, Leeha did not stop his attack.

However, on the rooftop of Remlin Palace, there was only a bright spark on the ground. Karelin, who had been there just a moment ago, had somehow stood up and evaded to the side.

“Next time, aim better.”

“Ah! The price of stupidity-”

Leeha stumbled back as he pulled the trigger.

What he saw was not a bullet. It was the minute movement of the finger pulling the trigger. To confess that he dodged because he saw that!

“- It’s death! 『Curve Shot』!”

Leeha adjusted the rifle to the right with a snap.

He dodged by looking at the finger. Since the direction of the bullet is fixed the moment the trigger is pulled, if you can see that moment of pulling it, moving the body is not something difficult for at least the 12th ranked wrestler.

Then, how would you avoid a curve shot that even twists such thinking upside down?

Eeekk───! The bullet quickly curved from right to left from Leeha’s perspective, piercing Karelin’s left shoulder and heading towards his heart. Leeha knew it.

Even with common sense, facing opponents like the users or monsters of Middle Earth he had encountered so far, there was no way to dodge this attack from such a short distance.